LawFuel’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year is the battling ‘loophole lawyer’ who fought to get Charlotte Bellis into the country under the MIQ lottery system.
John Edwards is still, on paper, the UK Information Commissioner but he is in regulatory limbo, off the pitch on full pay after an HR probe found “a case to answer” and stripped him of his day‑to‑day powers. The formere New Zealand Privacy Commissioner before his UK appointment, he has returned home while his deputy
Generative AI has arrived inside BigLaw carrying a question that no one is quite ready to answer out loud: if the technology can do what junior associates do, what exactly are junior associates for? It is the most uncomfortable conversation in the legal profession right now and it is only getting louder from what we
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Lawyers Weekly’s Australian Law Awards are rarely short of competition, particularly among the growing ranks of boutique and NewLaw firms challenging the old guard. This year, one of the finalists attracting attention is Amanda Harrison, founder of Melbourne-based Pivotal Law Group, whose nomination reflects the continuing rise of specialist firms built around commercial practicality rather
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The private equity specialist has joined the firm from Goodwin – Media statement below LONDON, 11 June 2026: Morgan Lewis continues to expand its European corporate platform with the appointment of Gemma Roberts in London. She will join from Goodwin where she was previously co-chair of the London office. Gemma will serve as Morgan Lewis’s
Law.com International’s latest UK revenue‑per‑lawyer rankings add to growing evidence that London’s top‑end legal market is no longer defined by the Magic Circle alone. Instead, a small group of elite US firms have carved out a parallel “New York–style” market in the City, where profit per partner and revenue per lawyer for firms like Lathams sit at levels most UK rivals struggle to match.
For years, the line in London was that City lawyers billed like New Yorkers but were paid like Londoners. That joke looks increasingly dated.
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Relativity is making a play for one of the last pieces of legal work that has remained stubbornly outside the legal AI ecosystem, Microsoft Word. Its acquisition of Gavel signals a push to connect legal intelligence, document drafting and matter management into a single workflow, potentially eliminating the gap between the evidence lawyers analyse and
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is steering SpaceX through what has become the largest stock market debut ever, while Davis Polk & Wardwell is guiding the underwriting banks led by Goldman Sachs. Reports from Bloomberg indicate that SpaceX has committed to $25.5 million in legal costs in its amended S-1 — a figure that dwarfs the typical IPO legal spend, though it’s broadly in line with what other mega-deals have paid out.
For context, the largest US IPO of 2025, Medline’s $6.3 billion listing advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, generated $25.2 million in legal fees and expenses, while Cerebras Systems’ $5.5 billion IPO, handled by Latham & Watkins, racked up $4.1 million.
SpaceX’s number sits almost exactly where Medline landed except SpaceX is aiming for a deal roughly twelve times the size.
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ANZ’s outgoing CEO Antonia Watson leaves with a major litigation gamble hanging over the bank, specifically an appeal against a High Court ruling that could cost up to NZ$125 million and reshape expectations around consumer credit compliance. Her departure coincides with a moment where ANZ’s problem is no longer simply a technical disclosure breach, but
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Lyle Solomon, Attorney* Committing to a Chapter 13 repayment plan means agreeing to three to five years of structured monthly payments under court supervision. That is a long time. And life rarely cooperates with court schedules. A sudden job loss, a serious medical diagnosis, or an unexpected divorce can trigger a Chapter 13 income drop
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HOUSTON, June 11, 2026 – Mayer Brown announced today that Edmund Daniels has joined the firm as a partner in its Projects & Infrastructure and Global Energy practices. Eddy joins from McGuireWoods, and his arrival builds on Mayer Brown’s continued momentum in Houston, including the recent addition of a six-partner team led by partner Yasser Madriz.
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